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Madrid art fair pulls Catalan 'political prisoners' installation 21 Feb 2018 - 09:13 pm
A journalist holds a photograph, part of the art-installation by Spanish artist Santiago Sierra 'Political prisoners of contemporary Spain' as she informs on its removal from ARCO art fair in Madrid on February 21, 2018. AFP / Gabriel Bouys
Greek carnival celebrations get a little flour power 19 Feb 2018 - 08:30 pm
Revellers participate in a 'flour war' during 'Ash Monday' celebrations, a traditional festivity marking the end of the carnival season and the start of the 40-day Lent period until the Orthodox Easter, in the port town of Galaxidi, Greece, on February 19
50 women writers from 17 languages to attend Gateway LitFest in Mumbai 18 Feb 2018 - 05:49 pm
Clockwise from top: Shobhaa De, Rana Ayyub, Nandita Das, Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan, Nalini Jameela and Baby Haldhar.
What will Meghan wear? Royal wedding dress a top UK secret 18 Feb 2018 - 02:56 pm
Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle attend a reception for young people at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Britain February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Milligan/Pool
Royal visit to Scotland highlights businesses working with homeless 16 Feb 2018 - 10:33 pm
Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle arrive for a visit to the Social Bite, a social business and cafe, in Edinburgh, Scotland February 13, 2018. Reuters/Andrew Yates
Fiery Venezuela image wins AFP photographer top award nod 14 Feb 2018 - 01:24 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 03, 2017 A demonstrator catches fire during clashes with riot police within a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. AFP / RONALDO SCHEMIDT
Funding fears may drive charities to hide sex abuse after Oxfam scandal 12 Feb 2018 - 11:19 pm
A man walks past the front of an Oxfam bookshop in Glasgow on February 10, 2018. AFP / Andy Buchanan
The people who know no war: Afghanistan's most isolated corner 12 Feb 2018 - 09:26 pm
This photograph taken on October 8, 2017 shows Afghan Wakhi nomadic woman Sultan Begium (L) and her daughter-in-law preparing food inside their mud home in the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan. AFP / Gohar Abbas
Tell-all writer Jacques Cassandri on trial over heist of the century in France 12 Feb 2018 - 08:59 pm
Jacques Cassandri, alleged 'brain' in the case of the 1976 spectacular burglary of the Societe Generale bank of Nice arrives, on February 12, 2018 at Marseille courthouse, for the opening hearing his trial for his suspected role in the laundering of the b
Bard festival to premiere dance on Eliot's 'Four Quartets' 12 Feb 2018 - 04:07 pm
File photo of TS Eliot used for representation.
It's alive! Tom Hardy waxwork with beating heart unveiled in London 10 Feb 2018 - 04:36 pm
People pose next to Madame Tussauds' wax figure of British actor Tom Hardy which has a soft warm chest and a beating heart, in London, Britain, February 8, 2018. Reuters/Hannah McKay
Bottega Veneta at home on New York runway 10 Feb 2018 - 07:50 am
Models walk the runway during the Bottega Veneta Fall/Winter 2018 fashion show at the American Stock Exchange on February 9, 2018 in New York City. / AFP / ANGELA WEISS
Puerto Rican designer gets political on New York catwalk 09 Feb 2018 - 10:23 pm
A model walks at Stella Nolasco Runway on February 2018 at New York Fashion Week at Pier 59 on February 8, 2018 in New York City. Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images/AFP
'African Mona Lisa' mesmerises after surprise rediscovery 07 Feb 2018 - 08:43 pm
Nigerian author Ben Okri poses with a work of art by Nigerian painter and sculptor Ben Enwonwu entitled 'Tutu' expected to realise 200,000-300,000 GBP (278000-417,000 USD) at auction in Bonhams auction house London on February 7, 2018.  AFP / Ben Stansall
Work among the penguins? France is looking for candidates 07 Feb 2018 - 01:38 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 06, 2012 shows the Kerguelen archipelago which forms one of the five districts of the territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF). AFP / Sophie LAUTIER
Why your office is beginning to look like a forest 06 Feb 2018 - 10:46 pm
The second and third floors of the new Amazon Spheres are seen during a grand opening event at Amazon's Seattle headquarters (Lindsey Wasson/Reuters)
Could a German 28-hour week make waves across Europe? 06 Feb 2018 - 05:51 pm
In this file photo taken on April 12, 2006 an iron and steel worker makes a test on a casting at Ascometal factory in Fos-sur-Mer, south-eastern France. AFP / Boris Horvat
Book culture returns to Iraq's post-jihadist Mosul 03 Feb 2018 - 01:06 pm
File photo of Iraqis buying and selling books on a pavement in the former embattled city of Mosul on January 12, 2018 six months after Iraqi forces retook the northern city from Islamic State (IS) jihadists. / AFP / Ahmad MUWAFAQ